From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2007 #45 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Tuesday, January 30 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 045 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Hello all ["Thea Chesney" ] Joni, the list and isolation ["Anita Tedder" ] NJC Re: Hello all [Bob Muller ] Re: Hello all ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] Joni "Quote-A-Bowls" [NJC] ["Richard Goldman" ] Re: Woohoo (njc) [Michael Paz ] jonifest 2007 [Michael Paz ] Re: Joni, the list and isolation [mags h ] Re: celebrating joni [mags h ] Re: Joni, the list and isolation [Catherine McKay ] Re: celebrating joni [Catherine McKay ] Re: Joni, the list, isolation and you guys ["Anita Tedder" ] njc, Center for the Intrepid & My Dad ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: Hello all njc ["Randy Remote" ] Re: Trivia answer [waytoblue@comcast.net] Re: joni ["Sherelle Smith" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:26:30 -0800 From: "Thea Chesney" Subject: Hello all Well, I joined the digest a few months back and have been lurking, but I've just switched to receiving posts individually, so I hope this will motivate me to contribute more to the list! My name is Thea and I'm 18 years old. I'm in my first year at the University of California, Berkeley, where I intend to major in something offbeat and probably totally unemployable - if I can only figure out what! I'm a musician, having started piano lessons when I was five, then having been a member of school bands since fourth grade, playing the clarinet (for free, even if not always real good :-). I also sing a little, and want to take guitar lessons this summer. If you watched college football this fall, you may have seen me (very very briefly) on TV at Cal games, playing in the Cal Band. (Go Bears!) I was introduced to Joni's music a long, long time ago (for me)...probably in the womb. My parents owned Ladies of the Canyon, Blue, and For the Roses on vinyl from their years as Berkeley students themselves, and I remember watching my dad put FTR on our turntable, and feeling like I was in paradise when the lovely voice floated out of the speakers. Of course, I didn't have any idea what the words meant; I just liked the music! I also remember dancing around to Dog Eat Dog because I liked the beats...that was the only other Joni album we had, and I don't think I realized it was even the same person because the music sounded so different! Then in 1994, it must have been, one of the first CDs I distinctly remember my mom buying was Turbulent Indigo. I also remember hearing something about Joni Mitchell on NPR, the only radio to which we listened. I'm not sure if it was an interview, or just a review of TI, but I was excited because I actually knew who they were talking about! (Remember, I was five or six at this point.) I guess you can say it just went from there...I very gradually gathered bits of information about Joni and her music from wherever I could. I used her work whenever I could for high school projects...I remember a certain paper on inequality in America which I began with a few choice lines from "Banquet." :-) I know at least one of my teachers appreciated that; for the most part, my friends just thought I was weird. It certainly became easier to find out more about Joni when we finally got a computer at home that could connect to the Internet, which wasn't so very long ago. I found jonimitchell.com early on, was super-excited, and have kept checking back to see what was new. That's how I first found out about Travelogue, for instance. I've been (more recently) forming my own record collection, and building one of CDs as well. I think I've done pretty well on the Joni front there - I've managed to get all of her studio albums (used but still decent) on vinyl up to CMIARS, and most of them, and her later stuff, on CD too. I've really enjoyed reading the digest for the past few months, and in a way, I feel like I already know you all a little...at least those of you who post a lot. This isn't the first time I've wanted to jump in all the way, but I'm really hoping I'll be able to go for it this time! (It also doesn't hurt that I'm procrastinating on a paper right now, so this is a welcome diversion :-) Now, I've probably written more than you ever wanted to hear from me...I'll try to keep it a little shorter in future! Peace, Thea NP: Shades of Scarlett Conquering, HOSL...unfortunately on ipod, not turntable ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:07:46 -0000 From: "Anita Tedder" Subject: Joni, the list and isolation I was just trawling through my digests (thanks from me too, Catherine, for your fine account of the induction. Ooops  sounds like child birth. Well, maybe it was !! :~) I just so often feel amazed by this list and the people on it. I think I got my first computer in about 1998 and I can remember my friend Tracy introducing me to this thing called a search engine and I asked her to put in Joni Mitchell. Wally Breese appeared and then I found my way to our lovely Les and JMDL. My experience was that Joni would come to England, do some gigs and disappear for a couple of years and then another album would appear and Id rush out and buy it. If she played out of England, I just never knew. For 30 years I had been unable to find ANYONE who liked the songs of Joni Mitchell with the passion that I did  and there you all were, just waiting to be found. I am still totally astonished by the internet and, each day, to find people chatting about Joni and her music. Well, its changed my life. Lots of love Anita xx - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.14/658 - Release Date: 29/01/2007 14:49 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:47:57 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: NJC Re: Hello all Hey there Thea - thanks for de-lurking and for being a non-digester. You are correct in thinking that it's much more participative & fun. Sounds like you had a great Joni-ish upbringing and enough musical talent for an entire band. Welcome to the Joni clan and keep your thoughts coming. Bob NP: Alana Davis, "When You Became King" _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:37:03 -0500 (EST) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Re: Hello all Hello Thea, And how great to meet another Thea. I had a friend whose name was Theadora Isabella. I thought it was the most exotic name in the world. How lucky you were to be exposed to the best by your parents. Many of us here are probably your parents' age, having been fans of Joni for a long time so we love hearing from Joni's young fans. Your post was so well written! Please stick around, keep posting, and let us know what is happening to you at Berkeley. My close friend here at USF St. Petersburg's father is Professor Emeritus from Berkeley and grew up similar to you. She is now Associate Dean of our College of Arts and Sciences. Jerry Thea Chesney wrote: > Well, I joined the digest a few months back and have been lurking, but > I've > just switched to receiving posts individually, so I hope this will > motivate > me to contribute more to the list! > My name is Thea and I'm 18 years old. I'm in my first year at the > University > of California, Berkeley, where I intend to major in something offbeat and > probably totally unemployable - if I can only figure out what! I'm a > musician, having started piano lessons when I was five, then having been a > member of school bands since fourth grade, playing the clarinet (for free, > even if not always real good :-). I also sing a little, and want to take > guitar lessons this summer. If you watched college football this fall, you > may have seen me (very very briefly) on TV at Cal games, playing in the > Cal > Band. (Go Bears!) > I was introduced to Joni's music a long, long time ago (for me)...probably > in the womb. My parents owned Ladies of the Canyon, Blue, and For the > Roses > on vinyl from their years as Berkeley students themselves, and I remember > watching my dad put FTR on our turntable, and feeling like I was in > paradise > when the lovely voice floated out of the speakers. Of course, I didn't > have > any idea what the words meant; I just liked the music! I also remember > dancing around to Dog Eat Dog because I liked the beats...that was the > only > other Joni album we had, and I don't think I realized it was even the same > person because the music sounded so different! > Then in 1994, it must have been, one of the first CDs I distinctly > remember > my mom buying was Turbulent Indigo. I also remember hearing something > about > Joni Mitchell on NPR, the only radio to which we listened. I'm not sure if > it was an interview, or just a review of TI, but I was excited because I > actually knew who they were talking about! (Remember, I was five or six at > this point.) > I guess you can say it just went from there...I very gradually gathered > bits > of information about Joni and her music from wherever I could. I used her > work whenever I could for high school projects...I remember a certain > paper > on inequality in America which I began with a few choice lines from > "Banquet." :-) I know at least one of my teachers appreciated that; for > the > most part, my friends just thought I was weird. It certainly became easier > to find out more about Joni when we finally got a computer at home that > could connect to the Internet, which wasn't so very long ago. I found > jonimitchell.com early on, was super-excited, and have kept checking back > to > see what was new. That's how I first found out about Travelogue, for > instance. I've been (more recently) forming my own record collection, and > building one of CDs as well. I think I've done pretty well on the Joni > front > there - I've managed to get all of her studio albums (used but still > decent) > on vinyl up to CMIARS, and most of them, and her later stuff, on CD too. > I've really enjoyed reading the digest for the past few months, and in a > way, I feel like I already know you all a little...at least those of you > who > post a lot. This isn't the first time I've wanted to jump in all the way, > but I'm really hoping I'll be able to go for it this time! (It also > doesn't > hurt that I'm procrastinating on a paper right now, so this is a welcome > diversion :-) > Now, I've probably written more than you ever wanted to hear from > me...I'll > try to keep it a little shorter in future! > Peace, > Thea > > NP: Shades of Scarlett Conquering, HOSL...unfortunately on ipod, not > turntable ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:17:24 -0800 From: "Richard Goldman" Subject: Joni "Quote-A-Bowls" [NJC] A friend of this artist sent me this link to his page. Paul Wisotzky is creating beautiful clay pieces and among them are his "quote a bowls" that have Joni lyrics carved into them! http://www.pwclay.com/4322/7322.html ~Richard ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:01:28 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Woohoo (njc) Hi Kakki I did make the awards show at the Wolf, but we missed the music awards at the House of Blues on Saturday. My staff with the foundation was there in force and they said it was stellar. The Fats Domino tribute was suppose to be amazing. I hope they taped it. Paz On Jan 29, 2007, at 10:11 PM, wrote: Wow, Michael! Congratulations!! I see that some of your friends like Fredy Omar and Theresa Andersson were also honored. Guess you missed the awards party at the Howlin Wolf! Too bad! You are in with some heady company there. Hope you are pacing yourself - I am having these snippets of "on the road again" and "I've been from Tuscon to Tucumcari, Techachapi to Tonopah" running through my head thinking about you out there rolling, rolling, rock and rolling. Keep well and see you in a few weeks. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:02:22 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: jonifest 2007 LMAO! This sounds like a challenge! Hey Victor and Chuck we need to get some reconsideration happening. Please let the gods smile on us so we can have late nite jams and hugs and and and and and Best Paz P.S. The first time I met Joni I said something about how much her lyrics and music meant to me. I asked her where she got the ideas for some many amazing lyrics and she asked me "like what?". Well I said lyrics like, "there was a moon and a streetlight, didn't know I drank such alot, tilll I pissed a tequila anaconda, the full length of the parking lot." She told me about a place called Dantana's which I have been too since and sat at her table and oh my my, that girl can tell a tale or two. Kakki ought to pipe up about the guy we met there one night when we were on on of our Joni/Minifest/NAMM escapades. Kakki? Best Paz (in Enterprise Alabama having a Gordons on ice with a almond stuffed olive) On Jan 29, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Jill Haas wrote: Hell, I would be more than happy to go, except I would be chasing men instead of women. It would be my first JoniFest, and I promise I would provide all of the excitement anyone could want, plus I know just about every joni song that ever was (human jukebox). I could ship out a Roland 88 key piano with weighted action and amp, and possibly several vintage Guild D25s and a Martin D28H, but by god, I am currently a struggling self-employed writer and graphic artist who has not had much work in a while. I would need a scholarship. Any takers? If you Talk to Me, I will be sure to piss a tequila anaconda the full length of your parking lot. Jill - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Paz" To: Cc: "Donna Binkley" ; ; ; Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 12:31 PM Subject: Re: Jonifest 2007 Holy shit batman who the hell is going to stay up late being human jukeboxes and drinking and chasing women (or running from them) or trying to keep from being pinned in a corner by Smurph??? I am so sad. Paz On Jan 29, 2007, at 9:08 AM, waytoblue@comcast.net wrote: I never officially registered but despite the several openings, will not be able to make it either. It will be right at the height of the semester and I will just be too wrapped up in schoolwork and memorizing Italian arias and German leider. The latenight poolroom crowd will have to persevere without us. Victor Victrola :( -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Donna Binkley" > Damn Pazman! I'm so sorry you won't be there! This will be the first > fest I've been to without you. Have a wonderful time on the road, but > you will be missed. Tex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:15:34 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: Re: Joni, the list and isolation hello there Anita. full stop. agreed. how would we have found one another? hand scribed letters? the internet is a blessing at times , like last night, when i tuned into cbc radio two and heard the rolling thunder of applause for joni mitchell as they began the celebrations of her song writing. i know that joni has often said that many people don't get her, but we do, and i hope that's enough. james taylor's interpretation of woodstock is glorious. his opening words, en francais, were touching and tender. he loves her, yes he does. mags, ever so proud of joni, from both sides, now. Anita Tedder wrote: I was just trawling through my digests (thanks from me too, Catherine, for your fine account of the induction. Ooops  sounds like child birth. Well, maybe it was !! :~) I just so often feel amazed by this list and the people on it. I think I got my first computer in about 1998 and I can remember my friend Tracy introducing me to this thing called a search engine and I asked her to put in Joni Mitchell. Wally Breese appeared and then I found my way to our lovely Les and JMDL. My experience was that Joni would come to England, do some gigs and disappear for a couple of years and then another album would appear and Id rush out and buy it. If she played out of England, I just never knew. For 30 years I had been unable to find ANYONE who liked the songs of Joni Mitchell with the passion that I did  and there you all were, just waiting to be found. I am still totally astonished by the internet and, each day, to find people chatting about Joni and her music. Well, its changed my life. Lots of love Anita xx - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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TV's Guilty Pleasures list. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:23:43 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: Re: celebrating joni wait until you hear the thundering applause. omg, it was wonderful. catherine, what was joni doing when that was going on? i love joni's sense of humour, along with margaret atwood, wonderful writerly friend of joni's .. they shared the spot light back in toronto in front of the royal alex, whilst they both gained a star on the sidewalk . anyway, margaret was one of the speakers at the gala, and had the audience chuckling in recognition of the days when it was considered crazy to want to make a career out of singing or writing or painting or...name that talent. margaret said: they had some things in common, they both belonged to the lunatic club of the 60s, she also said she's older but joni's blonder. i guess you had to be there, or hear it for yourself, and know the wry wicked sense of humour that is so canadian. nary a dry eye in the house, i dare say. all the words spun round and round to make up the wonderful fabric of all that we know to be joni mitchell. so damned lucky , arent we. Norma Jean Garza wrote: Any time I see Joni smile--that certain smile that only Joni has, I get teary-eyed, because even her smile speaks beyond miles and miles of ailes all the way up the bright ladder of love. NJ Maybe I should change my name for the JMDL because I don't want anymore hassles about my birth name. I'll figure something out. I want to focus on the Magical Physician and Joni and me and my music and my books and life from all sides now. - --- mags h wrote: > this is a breathtaking and beautiful way for the cbc > to celebrate joni. i'm listening to the end of the > show broadcast on the cbc national radio..and it's > been one of the most memorable moments . i never > tire of hearing the stories again, and again. > > http://www.cbc.ca/photogallery/arts/263/ > > mags > > > ***** > ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ > > ***** > > > --------------------------------- > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail > beta. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started! http://mobile.yahoo.com/services?promote=mail ***** ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ ***** - --------------------------------- TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:37:38 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni, the list and isolation - --- mags h wrote: > hello there Anita. > > full stop. agreed. how would we have found one > another? hand scribed letters? the internet is a > blessing at times , like last night, when i tuned > into cbc radio two and heard the rolling thunder of > applause for joni mitchell as they began the > celebrations of her song writing. i know that joni > has often said that many people don't get her, but > we do, and i hope that's enough. > Yes we do - we love ya, Joni! And the thing is, so many DO get her. The ones that get her are the ones that count. How many people have received such accolades and honours from the likes of Herbie Hancock? And yes, the internet is more a blessing than a curse. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:41:37 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: celebrating joni - --- mags h wrote: > wait until you hear the thundering applause. omg, it > was wonderful. catherine, what was joni doing when > that was going on? i love joni's sense of humour, > along with margaret atwood, wonderful writerly > friend of joni's .. they shared the spot light back > in toronto in front of the royal alex, whilst they > both gained a star on the sidewalk . anyway, > margaret was one of the speakers at the gala, and > had the audience chuckling in recognition of the > days when it was considered crazy to want to make a > career out of singing or writing or painting > or...name that talent. margaret said: they had some > things in common, they both belonged to the lunatic > club of the 60s, she also said she's older but > joni's blonder. i guess you had to be there, or hear > it for yourself, and know the wry wicked sense of > humour that is so canadian. nary a dry eye in the > house, i dare say. all the words spun round and > round to make up the wonderful fabric of all that we > know to be joni mitchell. so damned > lucky , arent we. Yup, Atwood's speech was very funny with that wonderful dry humour and wit. I haven't seen the show on the cbc site. I hope it's something that isn't a once-only-then-it's-gone affair and that it's still there to see when I get a chance. The timing hasn't been great for me to check it out. If you saw the same views we did in the media room, then you will see that the camera went to Joni from time to time (not often enough for me!) and that there were times she was laughing and smiling and other times she seemed choked up with happy emotion. I do hope that, when they put it on TV, they show the whole thing and not just parts of it. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:51:02 -0000 From: "Anita Tedder" Subject: Re: Joni, the list, isolation and you guys Just come in from shopping, check my mail and there are two emails from Catherine and Mags whom not only do I know via the net, but have also met in person thanks again to the crazy people on this list. I have even met Cats children! Oh dear, I am going gooey and almost about to embark on a how-much-I-love-everybody rant. BUT I DO. :~) Does anyone know how I might be able to listen to any of the programmes aired so far? I have found the bits with Jonis parents talking, but would love to hear the JT Woodstock everyone seems so taken with. I am still a wee bit useless with the amazing technology, but broadband has changed my life recently so its certainly easier. Yours, disgustingly gooey, Anita xx - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.14/658 - Release Date: 29/01/2007 14:49 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:00:18 -0600 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Re: Joni, the list, isolation and you guys (Now NJC) Dear Gooey, I too would like to get this JT Woodstock, somehow I missed that post. But also wanted to respond to your earlier post and say that I felt the same way in that I thought I was the only Joni fan in the world until I stumbled upon this list by simply typing in Joni Mitchell when I first got internet. I couldn't believe there was such a thing as Jonifest and told myself I'd never be able to attend but it sounded cool. When I suggested that I MIGHT attend all my friends and family said "What? Go to a person's house that you've never met in MASSACHUSETTS FOR A PARTY??!! What are you thinking?" You'd have thought I'd said I was going to fly to the moon by flapping my arms. Except for one friend who said go for it and I did. And the rest is history. Now who's getting gooey, I ask you. Good to hear from you, Love Donna >>> "Anita Tedder" 1/30/2007 9:51 AM >>> Just come in from shopping, check my mail and there are two emails from Catherine and Mags whom not only do I know via the net, but have also met in person thanks again to the crazy people on this list. I have even met Cats children! Oh dear, I am going gooey and almost about to embark on a how-much-I-love-everybody rant. BUT I DO. :~) Does anyone know how I might be able to listen to any of the programmes aired so far? I have found the bits with Jonis parents talking, but would love to hear the JT Woodstock everyone seems so taken with. I am still a wee bit useless with the amazing technology, but broadband has changed my life recently so its certainly easier. Yours, disgustingly gooey, Anita xx - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.14/658 - Release Date: 29/01/2007 14:49 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:48:43 EST From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re: another tequila anaconda In a message dated 1/30/07 3:11:22 AM, owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org writes: > Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:17:04 -0800 > From: "Jill Haas" > Subject: Re: Jonifest 2007 > > Hell, I would be more than happy to go, except I would be chasing men > instead of women. It would be my first JoniFest, and I promise I would > provide all of the excitement anyone could want, plus I know just about > every joni song that ever was (human jukebox). I could ship out a Roland 88 > key piano with weighted action and amp, and possibly several vintage Guild > D25s and a Martin D28H, but by god, I am currently a struggling > self-employed writer and graphic artist who has not had much work in a > while. I would need a scholarship. Any takers? If you Talk to Me, I will > be sure to piss a tequila anaconda the full length of your parking lot. > > Jill > Ooopps! In my rush to get a reply out, I hit "send" before I added my two-cents worth: SOMEBODY GET THIS GIRL A SCHOLARSHIP... Sounds like a lot of fun waiting to happen! Kenny B ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:46:08 EST From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re: tequila anaconda In a message dated 1/30/07 3:11:22 AM, owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org writes: > Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:17:04 -0800 > From: "Jill Haas" > Subject: Re: Jonifest 2007 > > Hell, I would be more than happy to go, except I would be chasing men > instead of women. It would be my first JoniFest, and I promise I would > provide all of the excitement anyone could want, plus I know just about > every joni song that ever was (human jukebox). I could ship out a Roland 88 > key piano with weighted action and amp, and possibly several vintage Guild > D25s and a Martin D28H, but by god, I am currently a struggling > self-employed writer and graphic artist who has not had much work in a > while. I would need a scholarship. Any takers? If you Talk to Me, I will > be sure to piss a tequila anaconda the full length of your parking lot. > > Jill ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:47:04 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: Re: Joni, the list, isolation and you guys (Now NJC) thanks for the copy, Donna, Im on Joni only *gasp* after all these years. It's the only way I can manage the flood gates ;-)) Anyway, Im sure Im missing out on a lot of the gabble about other things, but there you have it. Mags wondering where the lions are ;-)) Donna Binkley wrote: Dear Gooey, I too would like to get this JT Woodstock, somehow I missed that post. But also wanted to respond to your earlier post and say that I felt the same way in that I thought I was the only Joni fan in the world until I stumbled upon this list by simply typing in Joni Mitchell when I first got internet. I couldn't believe there was such a thing as Jonifest and told myself I'd never be able to attend but it sounded cool. When I suggested that I MIGHT attend all my friends and family said "What? Go to a person's house that you've never met in MASSACHUSETTS FOR A PARTY??!! What are you thinking?" You'd have thought I'd said I was going to fly to the moon by flapping my arms. Except for one friend who said go for it and I did. And the rest is history. Now who's getting gooey, I ask you. Good to hear from you, Love Donna >>> "Anita Tedder" 1/30/2007 9:51 AM >>> Just come in from shopping, check my mail and there are two emails from Catherine and Mags whom not only do I know via the net, but have also met in person thanks again to the crazy people on this list. I have even met Cats children! Oh dear, I am going gooey and almost about to embark on a how-much-I-love-everybody rant. BUT I DO. :~) Does anyone know how I might be able to listen to any of the programmes aired so far? I have found the bits with Jonis parents talking, but would love to hear the JT Woodstock everyone seems so taken with. I am still a wee bit useless with the amazing technology, but broadband has changed my life recently so its certainly easier. Yours, disgustingly gooey, Anita xx - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.14/658 - Release Date: 29/01/2007 14:49 ***** ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ ***** - --------------------------------- Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:54:29 -0800 (PST) From: David Sapp Subject: Re: DJRD remastered sorry David Blackburn but I lost your e-mail address so I am posting this to the list, I hope you read it. Anyway the remastered DJRD is amazing -- I don't understand the audiophile things all I know is that the sound is amazing and I hear things in this recording that I had never heard before, and it is all very clear and beautiful. I can see it's going to set me off on a DJRD tangent. As far as other albums to work on I always thought, and so has Joni, that STAS was recorded under a bell jar but I'm not sure there's anything to be done about that. Also I have always thought that Turbulent Indigo sounds really soft and murky. When I have it on my CD changer with other CDs, I always have to go turn the sound up to try to hear the beautiful guitar work on this CD. It's a real shame because Joni does some amazing work, if not some of her best guitar work, on this album. But it's just hard to hear. When Travelogue came out some of the TI songs were fleshed out with the orchestra and I finally heard some of the guitar work translated for the orchestra and then I went back to the original album and could decipher it. Anyway thank you so much for your work, it is really quite beautiful. ... signing off for now, Peace, David - --------------------------------- Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:10:52 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, Center for the Intrepid & My Dad In the spirit of "love is a story told", I will share one of my best. Warning: it's deep, not superficial. Norma Jean wrote: Subject: John Mellencamp in San Antonio He's here in San Antonio doing what he knows how to do the best. He's near Ft. Sam Houston at BAMC with all of our poor true patriots who have been burned, some beyond recognition because this administration traded the fiddles for their damned war drums and humvees with no armor and little boys and girls fighting for something they know nothing of. How long can this be the way it is? - ------------------------ We have to keep speaking out against the madness. Peace * Peace * Peace * Peace * (that's supposed to be the peace and the star) I can't believe you brought this up. San Antonio. My heart and mind is there. My dear departed Dad is there. How, you ask? It's a long story. When my brother Richard called me on the morning of February 11th and said: "Are you sitting down, dear?" (He never calls me "dear"), I knew. Oh "dear" is right. My Dad had died. I think I stopped breathing. What do you do when you get that kind of news? I just stared and stared and stared and stared at the toaster oven. No words. (Me in my frightened silence, thinking I don't understand.) I don't know what I said after that. I really don't know. "Thank you?" "I'll call you later?" I then went in my room and made sounds I have never made before. Loud sounds. Too raw. I think they were too raw. "People will tell you where they've been, they'll tell you where to go, but until you get there yourself, you never really know." I do remember thinking: NOW I *really* know how Kakki felt, and Donna B, and Paz, and you know.... After I pulled myself together somewhat, I started making phone calls. Sending emails. When the going gets tough, the tough get going, right? But I'm *not*tough, so how do I do this? I will write to Marianne (also about to lose her father, another precious Richard) and Smurf. They will understand. And Smurf will untangle all my emotions and abstractions into a readable post to the list. (Thank you again, mon ami.) Then more phone calls. The numbers I punched with trembling hands. Twenty to my Mom? And then to Travelocity and Expedia and all those places. I had to book flights. When is the funeral? Is there a wake? No? He didn't want one? What's going on? There's a blizzard coming? Oh, Sweet Jesus. And then, merde, who will write the obituary? Me, of course. It had to me. So this is a rough day. I'm in a fog. The obit flowed easily (pretty much), but then....a charity. People will want to send something. "Mom, did Dad have a favorite charity?" Mom: I don't know. Me: Mom, come on. Please try to think. People will want to send money or flowers. We need a cause. We can make something good out of this. Mom: I really don't know. The church. Me: Oh, Mom, that's so boring. We need a GOOD cause. Let me talk to Rich. Rich: Hi. Me: We need a cause -- a charity -- for Dad. He couldn't stand Bush, you know....maybe... Rich (very sternly): Pat, this is not a time for politics. Me: Okay, you're right. You're right. Let me talk to Mom again.......Mom, there must be SOMETHING! Mom: Well, I think he wrote checks to the disabled vets. Okay, now we're on to something. Mama just taught me the deeper meaning! Then my cousin tells me about the Center for the Intrepid, a state-of-the art hospital being built in San Antonio for soldiers who have been wounded in the bloody wars. And more perfect: it's being built with all private funds, because this administration is not doing enough for our veterans after they chew up their bodies and minds. My Dad would love this! Applause, applause....life is our cause! Papa's faith is in people. A cause.....any reason to resume! (even in my grief I'm jmocd'ed!) For lack of time and a better googling, here is a small account of the dedication that happened yesterday: 1/23/2007 - FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (AFNEWS) -- Officials here are opening the Center for the Intrepid and two Fisher Houses Jan. 29 in a dedication ceremony at the Brooke Army Medical Center. More than 3,000 people, including wounded and recovering military service members and their families, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, and Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain who supported the construction of the center, will participate in the dedication ceremony for The Center for the Intrepid -- a $50 million, 65,000 square foot, state-of-the-art physical rehabilitation center -- and two new Fisher Houses for hospitalized military members' families. The dedication also features a performance by singer John Mellencamp and a military flyover. Other expected special guests include Denzel Washington, Rosie O'Donnell and country music group Big & Rich. This project was made possible by the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, which provides assistance to our nation's military heroes who have been critically injured in the performance of duty and their families, and the Fisher House Foundation. The IFHF raised more than $90 million for military families, including funds for the center, which also is known as the Armed Forces Physical Rehabilitation Center. ************* (N.B. Neither Bush nor Cheney were there.) I am happy to share that friends and kin donated over $3,000 in memory of my Dad. Papa's faith is in people -- it always was -- and when you couple a good man with a good cause, well, you're gonna make a lot of money! This is is the silver lining in the clouds of my father's death and birth and death and birth. These poor kids will get excellent care, and hope. With this, Papa knows somehow he set me free. Papa, he blesses me. The largest donation came from his "Cheers" hangout in Salt Lake City. The Cotton Bottom Inn sent a check for $1,000, and the card simply said: "Parlette will be missed." On the walkway to the Center are installed three paving stones with the inscription: Beloved Richard C. Parlette, Sr. "Semper Fi" A granite marker. A tribute to finality, to eternity. I was going to ask Julius, next time he's on the road to Baljennie near his old hometown, to take photos for me. But now that I know Norma Jean is there, may I ask you? If you have a camera, and if it's not too far or inconvenient, could you take a photo? I would pay you by sending up prayers or any Joni currency or any kind of warm arrangement you would like. Phew. Now I'm embarrassed I wrote so much in my finest hand, and don't know if I should send it, wondering if I'm giving out anything for anyone to grow and feed on. Oh, well, why waste all the time? I'll hit "send". Life is for learning, and the lesson I'm sending today is "shower the people you love with love." Love one another. Bind each others wounds. With heart and humour and humility, Patti P., chicken scratching for her father's immortality....and peace. Peace! http://www.fallenheroesfund.org/common/page.php?ref=press_kit _________________________________________________________________ FREE online classifieds from Windows Live Expo  buy and sell with people you know http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwex0010000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://expo.live.com?s_cid=Hotmail_tagline_12/06 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:59:46 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni, the list, isolation and you guys (Now NJC) - --- Donna Binkley wrote: > Dear Gooey, > > ... > But also wanted to respond to your earlier post and > say that I felt the > same way in that I thought I was the only Joni fan > in the world until I > stumbled upon this list by simply typing in Joni > Mitchell when I first > got internet. Big me too on all counts. The first thing I looked for when I got a computer was "Joni Mitchell". I've been to fests before Crown and anchor me I can take the goo too! Squishily yours... 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The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States . Antarctica Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica . This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, i.e.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert. Brazil Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around. Canada Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an Indian word meaning " Big Village ." Chicago Next to Warsaw , Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world. Detroit Woodward Avenue in Detroit , Michigan , carries the designation M-1, so named because it was the first paved road anywhere. Damascus , Syria Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence. Istanbul , Turkey Istanbul , Turkey , is the only city in the world located on two continents. Los Angeles Los Angeles 's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula --and can be breviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A. New York City The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930's who used the slang _expression "apple" for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple. There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin , Ireland ; more Italians in New York City than in Rome , Italy ; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel Ohio There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio , every one is manmade. Pitcairn Island The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia , at just 1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. km. Rome The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome , Italy in 133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent. Siberia Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests. S.M.O.M. The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is. Sahara Desert In the Sahara Desert , there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years. Technically though, the driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island . There has been no rainfall there for two million years. Spain Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.' St. Paul , Minnesota St. Paul , Minnesota , was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first business there. Roads Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A. : 1%, in Canada : 75% Texas The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas . It is as deep as 20 empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide. United States The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. Waterfalls The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet (979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls . ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:13:23 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Joni at the Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame Thanks so much Rick for posting this! Wow! She was truly enjoying the evening wasn't she? I would love to hear that version of "Help Me" by Chaka Khan and Herbie Hancock! Oh my gosh! I know that had to be amazing! Thanks again! Sherelle Rick wrote: Here9s the link to a good article about Joni9s induction into the Hall of Fame: http://www.tiny.cc/FeNpu Rick _________________________________________________________________ Valentines Day -- Shop for gifts that spell L-O-V-E at MSN Shopping http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=8323,ptnrid=37,ptnrdata=24095&tcode=wlmtagline ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:16:13 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: article What a great close up picture of Joni Kate!!! Thanks so much for posting it!!!! I am so happy that she received this award and that she enjoyed receiving it as well! Sherelle From: Kate Johnson http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2007/01/28/songwriters-jonimitchell.html includes photo from the gala _________________________________________________________________ Check out all that glitters with the MSN Entertainment Guide to the Academy Awards. http://movies.msn.com/movies/oscars2007/?icid=ncoscartagline2 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:09:56 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Hello all njc From: "Thea Chesney" > My name is Thea and I'm 18 years old. I'm in my first year at the > University > of California, Berkeley, where I intend to major in something offbeat and > probably totally unemployable - if I can only figure out what! I'm a > musician, having started piano lessons when I was five, That may be your answer, Thea; if you're looking for a low-paying, competitive field, music may just be for you ; )... All seriousness aside, welcome to the list- it's nice to know that Joni's work is still getting through to those with ears to hear it. And if I may exercise my psychic powers, I think you have spent some time in Rasputin's and Amoeba! RR ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:17:54 +0000 From: waytoblue@comcast.net Subject: Re: Trivia answer It was also mentioned clearly in the rolling credits at the end of the video where Joni gives thanks to several people. Victor > It was mentioned (in teeny tiny print) at the bottom of the box that holds > the RoTR video. I didn't know it either. Let's face it; at this stage of > the game the trivia has to be pretty dang trivial! > > Bob ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:25:02 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: joni Ah and when she does that Mack, it is so cathartic! I'm glad she is still touching your life like this. Her music has helped me many a time make sense of my life. Gald to hear from you Mack. Keep hanging in there my friend! Love, Sherelle Mack wrote: Joni made me cry again today. But she made me better when I did it. For all the recordings et tunes I've listened to over the days of my life, the best et most profound, the most useful is --- 'Both Sides Now 2000' by Joni Mitchell. _________________________________________________________________ Get live scores and news about your team: Add the Live.com Football Page http://www.live.com/?addtemplate=football ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2007 #45 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------